Wherein Things See The Light Of Day

[Zaiida]

Potato

That is all

[Teefies2]

Potato

That is all

You say potato and I say potahto

[Merriweather]

I dunno about that. When I bought my house the new address was burned into my brain. I suppose if I'd moved a lot I might have found it more difficult to remember new addresses.

Can't say I remember the addresses of every place I ever lived in now (though I do remember a lot of street names, as far back as age five). But at the time, I certainly knew my address as soon as I moved in (or as an adult, as soon as I signed the lease, even if I didn't move in immediately).

And I lived in (that I'm sure of) - 47 houses (well, dwellings, some were apartments, a couple mobile homes, etc) in 32 towns/cities/villages in 11 states, and in 3 countries.

Longest in one house is the one now, that we bought - been here six years now.

[dalesys]

You say potato and I say potahto

Cheryl Wheeler sings it best: Potato!

[Jester]

And I lived in (that I'm sure of) - 47 houses (well, dwellings, some were apartments, a couple mobile homes, etc) in 32 towns/cities/villages in 11 states, and in 3 countries.

You have me beat, but I'll try to do my tally as well.

1 country.
6 states.
12 cities/towns.
32 residences (apartments, houses, dorms and crash pads (minimum of a month stay) combined), though I may have missed one or two here or there. Not quite one a birthday, but close. I used to be right about at one a birthday, but I've been in my current residence for seven years now, which kinda kills the average.

Best nickname for any place I've lived: Melrose Place, which is what we called the apartment complex (not the individual residence).

I won't even attempt to count the roommates. Egads, no. I'm sure there are several I've forgotten. Lord knows there are a few I'd like to forget!

[Dadeo]

I've never not known my current address but I have, after a very long shoot day and having just moved, driven to my previous address. One time I actually got up to the door and it took me a minute to realise what I'd done. I can only hope that the new tenants weren't awake to see a stranger park in their driveway and try to open the door.

[Jester]

I'm not going away exactly. Its just my new position will make it harder to jot down misery notes to myself about the stupidity of it all.

You said this in your Grand Finale, and yet here you are, posting away. Methinks the Keeper doth protest too much....


Dadeo, I must admit, quite unproudly, that I can top that, as I once woke up on the living room floor. Of my neighbor. (And no, he hadn't had a party the night before or invited me over. He had no more idea how I got there than I did.)

[Mr Hero]

Gravekeeper is Gravekeeper. Or GK if you prefer. New name? Do you give Superman a new name? Batman? Rapscallion? Jester? (Well, the last one many call Asshole, but that's besides the point.)

That's the thing though. He's not Superman that's for sure. And he's not Batman or Spiderman or Aquaman or a merman or a wolfman. He's not a brahman or a common or a ramen. He's not a caiman either so you don't have to worry about anything.

[XCashier]

Me: "Alright, and what city are you in please?"
SC: "..........."

So.....would you like me to hold until you jog out to the city limits to check or sign? Or would you like to give us a call back after you've called a cab?

I suppose checking his driver's license/state ID was out of the question...Oh, wait, there I go, being all logical again...

[firecat88]

Seriously?

Ok, I'm admittedly absolutely horrible at directions, but I can't say I've ever not known my own address.

I suppose checking his driver's license/state ID was out of the question...Oh, wait, there I go, being all logical again...

Or, heck, the closest pile of junk mail.

SC: "MERRY BYE BYE!"
Me: ".....y-you too, ma'am"

*giggled at this for a good minute-and-a-half straight*

[Mr Hero]

SC: "MERRY BYE BYE!"
Me: ".....y-you too, ma'am"

Take...luck! Take luck and care. Take care of the luck. Good luck taking care of the luck you might have.

[Pixilated]

Unless someone moved recently -- and by recently I mean within at least the first month or so -- people should know what their address is by then. I guess that's asking too much, huh?

Well ... at least the flippin' city!

However, I have to confess that on the CS Christmas card list I gave the wrong postal code. It wasn't the postal code of the city I just moved from ... at least that would be understandable.

No, it was the postal code of the house that my maternal grandparents once lived at. Now, Grandpa went to the beer hall in the sky nearly a decade ago and had moved out of that particular house at least 10 to 15 years before that. So ... yeah ... I probably shouldn't laugh too hard at GK's customer.

Oh, and welcome back, Gravekeeper! Your stories have been very much missed!

Take...luck! Take luck and care. Take care of the luck. Good luck taking care of the luck you might have.

[Gravekeeper]

Take...luck! Take luck and care. Take care of the luck. Good luck taking care of the luck you might have.

Brian Regan(sp?) if I know my comedians. Which I think I do. Some of them. A few. Okay I heard him a few times on a comedy stream.

You said this in your Grand Finale, and yet here you are, posting away. Methinks the Keeper doth protest too much....

It's harder to document stupidity now, as I have to do more rememberin' and less jottin' down. But some times they make themselves very difficult to forget. ;p

[Jester]

No, it was the postal code of the house that my maternal grandparents once lived at. Now, Grandpa went to the beer hall in the sky nearly a decade ago and had moved out of that particular house at least 10 to 15 years before that.

We've all had our moments. You know when it's a new year and you're writing a check (if you still write any checks) and you write the wrong year?

Well, I remember one time doing just that, writing a check and dating it for 1989. In 1995!!!

It's harder to document stupidity now, as I have to do more rememberin' and less jottin' down. But some times they make themselves very difficult to forget. ;p

Almost all of my stories are from memory, with the occasional note written down. Example of such "notes": "Noon drunks." And I'll know what the story is from that. And yes, that one's coming.

[wolfie]

Me: "And your phone number, please?"
SC: "Mastercard"

I'm not going to give the number here (had a previous post removed because a humourous phone number turned out to be "live"), but I'll point out 2 things:

1) "Mastercard" is a 10-letter word that doesn't include the letters "Q" or "Z" (which don't appear on the dial of a phone).

2) Area codes no longer require that the middle digit be either "0" or "1" (which don't have any letters attached), so having the 2nd digit of a 10-digit phone number be "2" (digit associated with the letter "A") doesn't mean that it's got an invalid area code.

Based on these, "Mastercard" (or at least the 10-digit number made up by taking the digit associated with each letter) could be a valid phone number.

For the morbidly curious, the deleted post (months ago, in another thread) was a reply to a comment about guns, and I threw together 3 calibers (2 with 3 digits each, one of which fit the "old-style" area code rule, and one with 4 digits), and it turned out to be the phone number of a business (would have been ironic if it had been a gun store, but it wasn't).